Mark Calaway

Mark Calaway is an American retired professional wrestler. Mark Calaway is well known as The Undertaker. The Undertaker, a well-known and loved wrestling figure is recognized as one of the tremendous successes in WWE of all time.

Mark was just the right person with the proper demeanor to give this character an identity.

The horror-themed fight with scary tactics was one of the best entertainments of the time.

Early Life and Family

Mark Calaway was born on March 24, 1965, as Mark William Calaway.

He was born in Houston, Texas, to Frank Compton Calaway and Betty Catherine Truby.

As for his siblings, he has four older brothers named David, Paul, Michael, and Timothy.

Unfortunately, his father, Frank, and brother Timothy had already passed away.

However, he still has his other brothers and his mom with him.

Education

Mark Calaway attended Waltrip High School, where he was a member of the basketball and football teams.

He used to play with the school’s squad in inter-school sports tournaments.

After graduating high school in 1983, he began studying on a basketball scholarship at Angelina College in Texas.

However, his stint at Angelina College was finished when he enrolled at Texas Wesleyan University.

Here, he majored in sports management and played for the Rams for one season.

But he dropped out of college in 1986, thinking of pursuing a career in basketball.

He was genuinely passionate about the sport and could have been known differently today.

Body Measurement, Age, and Nationality

Mark is a large guy. He is large and has a very tall height and a body like that of a powerfully built wrestler.

Talking about his height, he has a really tall height of 6 feet and 10 inches.

This height might have helped him a lot in basketball too.

Similarly, his last documented body weight was 140 kg, which is largely appropriate for his height.

So, you may imagine how he is made merely via these supplied data.

Mark is originally from Texas. He was born and reared there.

Hence, he is an American from birth and by certification, too, as he is bound to have American citizenship.

Facts of Mark Calaway

Net Worth

As of 2022, Mark Calaway’s net worth is around $20 million.

Mark has been able to earn a lot of fame through his appearance as The Undertaker.

And with fame comes money too. His horror-themed personality has been able to make him quite a lot of money.

As reported by many media outlets, his earnings as The Undertaker were more than $3 Million annually.

This was the salary he got from the wrestling organization. His merchandise sales, advertisements, and sponsorships would add a lot more numbers to his salary.

Besides that, he might have his investments too. But we do not have any concrete report for that source of income.

However, he had earned his fair share amount through WWE.

Early Career

Mark began his career in the late 80s. He used to train under Buzz Sawyer, but that did not go as he wanted.

So, after joining the wrestling profession, Mark started learning more through his employment.

He wrestled his first match on June 29, 1987, for the World Class Championship Wrestling.

Hence, his long and empowering journey of becoming the World Heavy Weight Champion began.

Near the end of the 80s, he joined the World Championship Wrestling as a villain named Mean Mark Callous.

Portraying a morbid character, he was surprisingly good at bringing the persona to life.

He was the best candidate to play such a horrifying character as he would wrestle with similar characters for the rest of his career.

However, he doubted his future career in WCW as the show had lost its audience significantly.

Thus, he played his final match on the 7th of September 1989 at the Worldwide taping in Amarillo, Texas.

He defeated Dave Johnson in his last match.

Later it was revealed that the WWE officials were watching Mark, and he expressed deep interest in wrestling for WWE as it was a growing show.

Calaway also got to wrestle in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) as Dice Morgan.

But that did not matter anymore as the WWE signed him in late 1990.

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Mark made his debut on WWE as the Undertaker on November 22, 1990.

The audience, with much praise, received his death-themed character.

The Undertaker had his ending move to put the body of the defeated opponent in the body bag and take them backstage.

This gothic-themed persona was well received and added a whole lot of entertainment to the WWE industry.

His first Royal Rumble was in 1991, which was won by the legendary Hulk Hogan.

Later in 1991, the Undertaker defeated Hulk Hogan to win his first WWF Championship at Survivor Series.

Thus Mark became the youngest WWF Champion in history.

However, that record was broken when Yokozuna won the same title in 1993.

In January of 1994, The Undertaker was defeated by Yokozuna after he was sealed in the casket.

However, he appeared from inside the casket in a video warning his return for revenge.

He would not play for the next seven months as he was given time off to heal his back injury.

Mark would continue his career in the industry, taking the role of The Undertaker.

The theme has categorized the career he undertook to support his character.

The original Deadman Era was from 1994 to 1996.

Similarly, his most gothic theme, Lord of Darkness and Ministry of Darkness, went on from 1996 to 1999.

This was his most iconic period as he was winning matches everywhere, and his established persona was becoming very successful in building a strong fan base.

His gothic theme made a return in 2004 as the return of the Deadman.

However, the Undertaker was inclined toward a patriotic-themed wrestler between 2000 and 2003.

Later Career

His persona as the dead man grew to the peak. As he was said to have been put in a casket during one of his matches, his return sparked the “Deadman” persona.

It was well-received as his fans grew exponentially after his return.

He won his first Royal Rumble match in early 2007.

In 2008, he defeated Edge to grab the title of World Heavyweight Champion for the second time.

His matches went on for a few years until he took a break in 2010.

Mark returned as the Undertaker in 2011 in style and fought against Triple H.

He won the fight by submission but got injured during the match and was taken away from the ring on a stretcher.

His fight on WWE went on for nine more years.

Mark brought life to ‘the Undertaker’ for nine more years before retiring on June 21, 2020.

When we look at his matches against other wrestlers, we can see the persona come to life.

There were times when the wrestlers and the audience would be scared to death of his arrival on the stage.

During his time, Mark fought against some well-known and much-loved wrestlers like Hulk Hogan, Rey Mysterio, Edge, Randy Orton, Triple H, Batista, and Khali, to name a few.

His signature moves, Chokeslam and Tombstone Piledriver, is still used as finisher move and considered fatal.

WWE SummerSlam 2015

Back in 2015, Mark Callaway faced Brock Lesnar in the main event of WWE SummerSlam.

The rivalries between the two have been known for a long time. During the fight, Brock Lesnar yelled, “I’m gonna kill you!”

Right after it, Callaway manically laughed back at his opponent.

However, it was later revealed that he was not scripted to laugh back at Lesnar in that fashion.

Retirement

Mark confirmed his retirement from the industry through an interview he gave in November 2020.

Many wrestlers paid tribute to him on their social media.

He was also paid tribute in the most important venue for professional wrestlers, Madison Square Garden.

His last speech as the Undertaker was phenomenal, which ended his time as the Undertaker in typical Undertaker fashion.

As he did his traditional kneeling pose, a ten-bell salute was given to the Undertaker after his last speech.

Wife

Mark Calaway has been married to different women in his life, hinting he does not have a stable relationship with women.

He got married to Jodi Lynn Calaway in the 80s.

They even had a boy in 1993 baby while were together named Gunner Vincent Calaway.

But, they separated in the late 90s through a divorce.

After that, he married Sara in 2000 and was blessed with two daughters before separating in 2007.

During their time together, the couples were even seen on stage in many wrestling matches, which was quite entertaining.

After his separation from Sara, he was seen with Michelle McCool, former WWE Divas’ Champion.

They got married in the year 2010 and have been together ever since.

This relationship seems to be working quite nicely for both of them as there has not been a report of any disputes between them.

And to top it off, they were blessed with a daughter named Kaia Faith Calaway after two years of their marriage.

We can see their photos on Mark’s Instagram, and they seem to be having a good time with each other.

Likes

Furthermore, the duo is both avid dog lovers, and together, they established The Zeus Compton Calaway Save the Animals Fund.

Apparently, it was held at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.

Additionally, it helps in treating large breed dogs.

In the meantime, he loves hunting and often goes for the turkey hunt. Not to mention, he also posts his updates on social media sites.

However, at times, his hunting uploads do get loads of negativity criticizing him for hunting animals.

Politics

As we all know, WWF is just an entertainment show, and political beliefs and learning aren’t included.

However, many had commented about his political insignia.

It all happened after his appearance in the documentary series, and his fans talked about clothing and caps that showed his political leanings.

Most of the comments on his political beliefs came from fans who are liberals.

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Social Media

The Undertaker is quite active on social media.

Mark has an Instagram account with the name undertaker, where he has 3.1 million followers, which is quite a lot.

He is also available on Twitter, where he has 266.6k followers. Mark also had an official Facebook page.

But, sadly, it was taken down for some unknown reasons. You can visit his social media pages from the links below.

His Instagram handle is @undertaker and his Twitter handle is also @undertaker.